Holkar Science College, officially Government Model Autonomous Holkar Science College, also known as Holkar College is an institute in

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. It was established on 10 June 1891 by His Highness Maharajadhiraja Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri Sir Shivaji Rao Holkar Bahadur XII, the erstwhile ruler of

belonging to the

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dynasty of the

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. The biggest government science institute in the state, has been ranked third among government autonomous colleges in the country by Education World Rankings 2020-21. In 1985, the Government Holkar Science College, Indore was awarded the title of a Model College by the state Government of Madhya Pradesh and in the year 1988 the college earned the status of an autonomous college.

Campus

Holkar College campus is located in the South area of East Indore. It is situated in an area between known as Bhanwar Kua which has a high concentration of cultural and academic institutions, including the Indore University, Central Museum, Institute of Management Studies, Cystal IT Park and the Kamla Nehru Zoological Park. The Holkar College HSC has multiple halls throughout the campus along Indore BRTS and various lectures for science students are conducted within these halls, some major buildings are including the Main Building, Red Building, Yeshwant Hall and Chemistry Block Building.

Faculties and Departments

The College has

Chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...

Mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

and

Physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

departments. The institute receives funds from the state but is autonomous with regards to administration and conduct of examinations. The HSC offers a number of courses in the field of science. HSC's research and teaching is organised within a network of faculties and academic departments which includes: * Department of Biochemistry * Department of Bioinformatics * Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics * Department of Botany * Department of Chemistry * Department of Computer Science The Department of Computer Science was established in academic year 2000–2001. It is an autonomous department under Govt. Holkar Science College affiliated DAVV, Indore. * Department of Electronics * Department of Entrepreneurship * Department of Fisheries * Department of forensic science * Department of Geology * Department of Language * Department of Mathematics * Department of Microbiology * Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry *

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* Department of Seed Technology * Department of Statistics * Department of Zoology * Department of Cyber Security * Department of Economics Admission is restricted to students domicile to Madhya Pradesh.

Alumni

* Vipin Singh * Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar

References

External links

Official website
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